James Lankford

James Lankford (4 March 1968-) was a US Senator from Oklahoma (R) from 3 January 2015, succeeding Tim Coburn. He had previously served as a member of the US House of Representatives (R-OK 5) from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2015, succeeding Marry Fallin and preceding Steve Russell.

Biography
James Lankford was born in Dallas, Texas on 4 March 1968, and he attended the University of Texas at Austin and the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. From 1996 to 2009, he was the student ministries and evangelism specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, and he was the director of the Falls Creek youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center in Davis, Oklahoma. He stepped down in 2009 to run for the US Congress, and he won the 2010 election. In 2014, he was then elected to the US Senate. Lankford supported reduced spending and taxes, compensatory time-off for overtime workers, gun rights, expanding roving wiretaps, the exploration of gas and oil, Medicare choice, anti-abortion laws, and homophobia (claiming that being gay is a choice and should not be protected from workplace discrimination).